RAF Hemswell
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Royal Air Force Hemswell or more simply RAF Hemswell is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station located 7.8 miles (12.6 km) east of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.
Hangars and buildings still standing at Hemswell
The almost unchanged wartime line of aircraft hangars, photographed in 2006
Aircraft hangar at RAF Hemswell during a Sunday market in December 2015
Aircraft hangar and buildings at RAF Hemswell during a Sunday market in December 2015
The Dam Busters (film)
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The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic war film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave. It was directed by Michael Anderson. The film recreates the true story of Operation Chastise when in 1943 the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked the Möhne, Eder, and Sorpe dams in Nazi Germany with Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb.
1955 British quad format film poster
Richard Todd as Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters (1955)
Michael Redgrave as Barnes Wallis in The Dam Busters (1955)
An Avro Lancaster B.VII modified for the film with cut-out bomb bay and mock bouncing bomb demonstrating to a crowd at Coventry Airport in 1954